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Advisories: NONE AT THIS TIME.
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A high pressure ridge (“Arch shape with blue arrows ”) has brought back the sunshine and warmed us up. The big problem is the smoke that is being pushed at us from the East. A surface thermal trough of low pressure (induced by the warm temperatures) will push eastward cooling us a bit today and it will start to shove the smoke to the East away from us. A upper level trough of low pressure (“U” shape shaded ) in the Gulf of Alaska will push a cold front through between Saturday and Sunday, but will only bring us a few more clouds and cooler temperatures that will warm up again next week as high pressure returns.
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Forecast for the Umpqua Basin including Roseburg: Sunny this AM, partly cloudy and cooler this afternoon, mostly clear this evening, partly cloudy tonight, mostly cloudy with patchy fog Saturday AM, sunny in the afternoon, partly cloudy Saturday night, mostly cloudy with patchy fog Sunday AM, sunny Sunday afternoon, then mostly clear Sunday night highs 92-84 lows 52-49. Mostly sunny Monday, clear Monday night, mostly sunny Tuesday through Thursday with mostly clear nights highs 89-82 lows 53-50. (seasonal averages high 79 low 52)
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Forecast for the South Oregon Coast including Coos Bay and North Bend: Cloudy with areas of patchy fog this AM, mostly sunny this afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, cloudy with areas of fog late tonight, cloudy with areas of fog Saturday AM, sunny and a bit warmer in the afternoon, mostly clear in the evening, then mostly cloudy with patchy fog Saturday night, cloudy with patchy fog Sunday AM, sunny in the afternoon, clear in the evening, then partly cloudy Sunday night highs 60-64 lows near 50. Partly cloudy Monday and Tuesday, mostly clear at night, then partly cloudy Wednesday, mostly clear at night, then partly cloudy Thursday AM and sunny Thursday afternoon highs 65-63 lows near 50. (seasonal averages high 65 low 50).
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Forecast for the Cascades of Lane County: Mostly sunny with areas of smoke this AM, partly cloudy with hazy smoke this afternoon and evening, partly cloudy late tonight and Saturday AM, mostly sunny in the afternoon, mostly clear Saturday night, mostly sunny Sunday, then mostly clear Sunday night free air freezing level 13,000 ft. today through Sunday, then 14,000 ft. Sunday night highs 74-67 lows 47-42 rising to 46 Saturday night. Sunny Monday, mostly clear at night, then mostly sunny Tuesday through Thursday with clear skies at night free air freezing level 14,000 ft. Monday through Tuesday night, 15,000 ft. Wednesday, then 14,000 ft. Wednesday night and Thursday highs 72-66 lows near 46.
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**Because weather forecasting is a combination of science, intuition, and timing there can be no absolute guarantees that individual forecasts will be 100% accurate. Nature is in a constant state of flux and sudden unexpected weather events can happen.
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